/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Dimitrios C. Michalakos
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package com.cs.util.db;

import java.sql.SQLException;

/**
 * DatabaseMetaInfo is an interface for creating classes that can be used to get information about the types and properties of the tables in a database.
 * DatabaseMetaInfo is our proposal on what DatabaseMetaData should be.
 * @author dimitris@jmike.gr
 */
public interface DatabaseMetaInfo {

    public boolean containsTable(String table);

    public String[] getTableArray();

    public boolean areTablesRelated(String t1, String t2);

    public String getForeignKey(String t1, String t2);

    public String[][] getForeignKeyColumns(String foreignKey) throws SQLException;

    public String[][] getForeignKeyColumns(String t1, String t2) throws SQLException;
}
